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Material Matters :: Digital Provocations

This spring the BAC will feature student work from design workshops and studios that explored material limits and capacities through our emerging spaces of making/fabrication. In each course, students were challenged to think differently about drawing and making – experimenting with new techniques in representation and making to test their assumptions and create material discoveries. The work represents collaborative experiments from a number of BAC courses including Screen Walls taught by Matt Trimble, Outside the Bot taught by Charles Garcia and Levi Tofias, Material Digital taught by Greg Nemes and Levi Tofias, Computing Drawing Space by Carl Lostritto, and Digital Surgeon taught by Youngjin Lee and Seunghyun Kim. Many were supported by the BAC’s Education Committee [EdCo] grants.

Timing
Models should be submitted by April 1st to Kyle Sturgeon, Tim Hoffman, or the CNC Lab. Please include your name, project title, and course. The work will be up from April 7th until April 25 – gaining heavy exposure during the Boston Marathon. A reception will be held April 30 at 6pm – RSVP to Kyle Sturgeon (Kyle.Sturgeon@the-bac.edu).

Exhibit Layout
See attached exhibit layout. Student models will occupy areas #4 and potentially #6. Please pass along to those students who have been producing great work that should be included!

Please note that a notorious con-man named Elliot Davis has been conning people in the Boston area for what appears to be about 10 years. He was spotted in the Back Bay area last night. According to an article on the Odyssey:

"A well-dressed Davis approaches someone on the street and tells them a sob story of a flat tire. He only needs a few bucks to buy a fix-a-flat, he pleads. This "few bucks" has been as high as $80 in some stories. Con artists usually ask for a non-rounded amount of money--$12, $14, $22-- in hopes that his prey does not have exact change and ends up giving $20 or $30 flat. For those who do not have cash on them, Davis points to an ATM conveniently located right around the corner. He is rather convincing because many people do go to the ATM, but still others do not."

You can see a picture of Davis above, and below you can also read the full Odyssey article, as well as several discussion boards regarding Davis.

Add Funds to Your Printing Account!
As of 3/21, students will be able to add print funds to their account by logging in to this web site with their BAC network credentials. After 30 days, the help desk will no longer accept cash payments. The minimum amount to add is $5. We will not be able to transfer funds out of your print account to another account or to your school fees. Please add appropriate amounts when adding money. Please call 617-585-0191 with any concerns or questions.

To add funds:

Go to “printcredit.the-bac.edu” and login using your Active Directory Credentials. (FirstName.LastName and password only – they should not include the @the-bac.edu)Click the “Credits” button.Enter the dollar amount that you wish to add/purchase in the “Amount To Add:” box, and then click the “$ Purchase Credit” link.Select whether to pay directly with a Credit Card (will show up on your statement as “BOSTONARCHI”) or with your PayPal Account by selecting the appropriate link.Follow the prompts …